THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

I. Verb Form:

1. Jason ______________ (listen) to music while his mother ______________

(cook) in the kitchen.

2. This time last year I ______________ (live) in Tokyo.

3. Michelle always ______________ (complain) about his wives.

4. My sister ______________ (drive) her car very fast when I called her.

5. My mother phoned while we ______________ (chat).

6. Jack fell asleep when he ______________ (chat) with his girlfriend.

7. Where Susan ______________ (go) when I saw her last month?

8. My brother ______________ (not do) the homework when my mother came

home.

9. What you ______________ (do) 10:00 pm last night?

10. At 11a.m yesterday morning, my sister ______________ (cook) lunch.

11______________ they ______________ (take) the exam?

12. Daniel lost his wallet when he ______________ (walk) home.

13. At 5 a.m yesterday, my sister ______________ (cook) breakfast.

14. We ______________ (work) when he ______________ (come) yesterday.

15. This time last month we ______________ (live) in Bangkok.

II. Complete these sentences by using the Past Continuous Tense:

1. What/she/do/during the day?

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2. Why/he/run/?

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3. I/ shop/when Linda/called me

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4. My brother/do/his homework/at 9 o’clock.

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5. He/eat lunch/when we arrived.

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6. She/live in Hue/at the time/?

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7. She/not /cry

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8. She/not /play the guitar at 6p.m

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9. She/type a letter/when/ her boss/go into the meeting room/?

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10. While/she/watch TV/she/ hear/the doorbell.

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11. She/study English/at 8p.m/yesterday.

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12. She/see/an accident/while/she/watch television.

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13. We/not laugh at/your sister.

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14. Maya/not listen/her teacher/carefully.

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15. I/not study/at 10 o’clock.

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16. What/your little brother/do/at this time/yesterday/?

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17. The doorbell/ring/while/she/eat lunch.

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18. Your friends/drink juice/when/you/arrive/?

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19. What/Asley/do/while/her sister/go to Hanoi/?

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20. At 9 o’clock last Sunday/I/do/my homework.

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III. Complete the sentences with the given pairs of words.

clean; ask watch; get play; break think; say go; have

start; check live;

stand; meet sleep; talk have; knock
in spend

wear; see start; come not drink; stand; meet read; cook
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come; arrive; have; listen;

study; have walk; attack
wash have take

1. A friendly Australian couple ______________ talking to her as she

______________ at the hotel reception.

2. She ______________ tennis three times a week before She ______________

her ankle.

3. When we ______________ in Hanoi, we ______________ four hours a day

traveling to and from work.

4. She ______________ a pink dress when I ______________ her last week.

5. Anna ______________ up the living room when John ______________ her

to marry him.

6. When I ______________ he ______________ lunch. he said he always

______________ lunch at 11:00.

7. What was Nick ______________ when she ______________ his phone

away?

8. Was Mark ______________ alone when you ______________ him?

9. My mother ______________ milk when the murder ______________

10. We ______________ lunch when someone ______________ on the door.

11. While Lily ______________ in her room, her sister ______________ a

birthday party in the other room.

12. The lights ______________ off when I______________ a shower.

13. Lisa ______________ when her teacher ______________ in the class.

14. The rain ______________ to fall while we ______________ home.

15. The black dog______________ along quietly when Lily’s dog

______________ him.

16. He ______________ alone, when you ______________ him?

17. What you ______________ when she ______________ your name?

18. While my dad ______________ newspaper, my mom ______________

lunch.

19. His mother ______________ back home when he ______________ the

dishes.

20. Selena ______________ TV when I ______________ home.

IV. Write the words in brackets in Past Simple or Past Continuous Tense.

1. I (watch)______________ TV when she (call)______________ me.

2. He (jump)______________ into the river and (rescue)______________ the

drowning man.

3. I (see)______________ my first baseball match while I

(live)______________ in New York.

4. We (ring)______________ the police because the neighbours

(play)______________ the music very loud.

5. He (write)______________ the whole homework during the lunch break.

6. We (play)______________ in the garden when it (start)______________ to

rain.

7. He (meet)______________ his girlfriend when he (live) ______________ in

London.
8. While I (work)______________ in the hospital I (decide) ______________
to give up smoking.

9. It (rain)______________ the whole day so we (decide)______________ to

stay at home.

10. The sun (shine) ______________ so we (decide)______________ to go for

a walk.

11. When the war ______________ out we ______________ in Warsaw.

(break /live)

12. It______________ to rain when we ______________ .(begin / start)

13.While I ______________ to the concert somebody ______________ at the

door.(listen /knock)

14.When they ______________ in that house she ______________ very ill.

(live /be)

15.We just ______________ for Mary when John ______________ .(wait

/come)

16.They ______________ wine every day when they ______________ in

France . (drink /be)

17 .She ______________ very ouickly when the accident ______________ .

(drive /happened)

18.We ______________ dinner when he ______________ .( have / arrive)

19.They ______________ tennis when we ______________ there. (play /get )

20.She ______________ a pink summer dress when I ______________ her

yesterday .(wear /meet)
21.The telephone ______________ while I ______________ my bath. ( ring
/have)

22. My son ______________ his knee badly when he ______________ his

bicycle yesterday .(hurt/ride)

23. While the scientist ______________ in his laboratory a friend

______________ to see him .( work /come)

24.When the farmer ______________ wheat he ______________ many

airplanes in the sky .

25.At half past nine she still ______________ her homework . (do)